Good Madam (2021)
- Original title
- Mlungu Wam
- Directed by
- Jenna Bass
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- South Africa
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A single mother moves in with her mother who works as a live-in caregiver for an elderly white woman. The film follows tensions that arise within the household in South Africa.
tenseclaustrophobicunsettlingslow-burnbleakatmosphericpsychologicalgrounded
What happens
Good Madam (Xhosa: Mlungu Wam) is a South African horror film, directed by Jenna Cato Bass and released in 2021. A commentary on the contemporary state of race relations in South Africa in the years following the end of apartheid, the film stars Chumisa Cosa as Tsidi, a single mother who moves back in with her mother Mavis (Nosipho Mtebe) while her mother is working as a live-in caregiver to an elderly white woman. The film premiered at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention for the Platform Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
The Lullaby (2017)
The Soul Collector (2020)
Stam (2019)
Number 37 (2018)
Gaia (2021)
Nenjam Marappathillai (2021)
Nag van vrees (1985)
Chhorii (2021)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.